System and process for cleansing brine in a food-chilling circuit
AssigneeFoodbrands America, Incorporated
InventorsRaymond E. Ricklefs, George J. Cocoma
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Abstract
A system for cleansing brine used in a chilling circuit has a used brine receiving tank in fluid communication with the chilling circuit. A membrane or like filtration unit is in fluid communication with the used brine tank and removes particles having a molecular weight of greater than approximately 200 from the brine. A cleansed brine storage tank is in fluid communication with the filtration unit and the chilling circuit. The cleansed brine tank holds the brine after it has been cleansed by the filtration unit until it can be resupplied to the chilling circuit.
Claims6
A system for cleansing brine used in a recirculating chilling circuit, the chilling circuit having a brine shower and a brine chiller in fluid communication to allow continuous recirculation of the brine, the system comprising:
- a used brine receiving tank in fluid communication with the chilling circuit, said used brine tank holding the used brine discharged from the chilling circuit;
- a filtration unit in fluid communication with said used brine tank and capable of removing contaminants having a molecular weight of approximately 200 and above from the brine;
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- a cleansed brine storage tank in fluid communication with said ultrafiltration unit and the chilling circuit, said cleansed brine tank for holding the brine after it has been cleansed by said filtration unit until it can be resupplied to the chilling circuit.
A process for cleansing brine used in a recirculating chilling circuit, the chilling circuit having a brine shower and a brine chiller in fluid communication to allow continuous recirculation of the brine, the process comprising:
- removing brine that has been used in the chilling circuit from the chilling circuit;
- conveying the brine removed from the chilling circuit to a first storage tank;
- filtering the brine from the storage tank in a filtration unit capable of removing particles having a molecular weight of approximately 200 and above;
- conveying the filtered brine to a refrigerated storage tank;
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- returning the brine from the refrigerated storage tank to the chilling circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.